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Missing teen with autism found after overnight search

Posted at 5:43 AM, Jun 20, 2017
and last updated 2017-06-20 05:43:49-04

INDIANAPOLIS -- A 16-year-old boy was found Tuesday morning after he went missing the night before. 

The teenager was last seen on Indianapolis' west side around 11 p.m. Monday. He was found around 5 a.m., near a Meijer at 38th Street and Georgetown Road.

A police sergeant with Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department described the teen as severely autistic.

The Wayne Township Fire Department used a thermal imaging drone to help find him.